Knitting graph guide



1955 A. P. FERLAZZO KNITTING GRAPH GUIDE Filed March 7, 1955 An/hohy P. Fer/0:20

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United StatesPatentO KNITTING GRAPH GUIDE Anthony P. Ferlazzo, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application March 7, 1955, Serial No. 492,677 4 Claims. (Cl. 66-1) This invention generally relates to a knitting graph guide, and more specifically provides a device for holding a knitting graph so that a person knitting the design on the graph may easily follow the design and also keep track of the point of knitting at all times.

An object of the present invention is to provide a knitting graph guide which will retain the knitting graph in the desired position at all times and which will keep accurate count of the number of rows knitted and retain the graph in an easily observed position.

Other important objects of the present invention will reside in its simplicity of construction, ease of use, efficiency for its purposes, its adaptation for its particular purpose and its relatively inexpensive manufacturing costs.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the knitting graph guide of the present invention with the knitting graph removed therefrom;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the knitting graph guide of the present invention with the knitting graph positioned thereon;

Figure 3 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing the details of construction of the elongated bar member and the relationship of the knitting graph positioned therein;

Figure 4 is a transverse, vertical sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 44 of Figure 2 showing the relationship of the slidable loops to the elongated bar; and

Figure 5 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale of one end of the knitting graph guide with portions thereof broken away showing the rotatable disk counters for retaining the number of rows of knitting completed.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, it will be seen that the numeral generally designates the knitting graph guide of the present invention which includes a generally elongated bar member 12 having a pair of spaced parallel elongated closed slots 14 and 16 for receiving a rectangular sheet of knitting graph paper 18. The paper 18 is threaded through the slots 14 and 16 so that a portion thereof overlies the central portion 20 of the bar 12 and the outer portions of the bar 12 overlie the adjacent portions of the knitting graph paper 18.

Positioned on and surrounding the elongated flat bar member 12 is a pair of loop members 22 which are frictionally slidable on the bar member 12 for engaging the side edges of the knitting graph paper 18 for retaining the paper 18 in position. It will be seen that one side edge of the elongated bar member 12 is provided with index lines or indicia 24 for alignment with index lines 26 on the graph paper 18. The graph paper 18 is provided with i the usual transverse and longitudinal index lines, and a suitable design is associated therewith in order for the design desired to be knitted from row to row of the knitting graph paper 18, and the desired row may be retained in overlying relation to the center portion 20 of the bar member 12 for retaining the graph paper 18 in'readily observable position. v

in order to retain the number of the rows completed, a pair of counting disks 28 are rotatably journaled on transverse shafts 30 mounted in recesses 32 in the end of the elongated bar 12. The periphery of the disks 28 projects beyond the end of the bar 12 for manipulation, whereby the numerical indicia 34 on the peripheral upper edge thereof may be brought into view, thereby recording the number of rows of knitting completed.

In practical use of the present invention, the graph paper 18 may be moved by urging the loops 22 outwardly, whereby the graph paper may be positioned on the desired row. After completion of one row of stitches, the loop members are again moved outwardly and the graph paper moved up one row and the loop members again moved inwardly to contact with the graph paper. This procedure is repeated until the job is completed, and at each movement of the graph paper, the counter disk 28 may be rotated in order to keep track of the number of rows completed. It will be seen that the present invention provides a device that will retain track of the knitting position at all times and also will retain the graph in an easily ob served position.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation described and shown, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A knitting graph guide comprising an elongated member having spaced parallel slots therein for receiving graph paper threaded therethrough, a pair of loop members slidably mounted on said member for engaging the side edges of the graph paper for securing the paper in position, and indicia on said member for alignment with the indicia on the graph paper.

2. A knitting graph guide comprising an elongated member having spaced parallel slots therein for receiving graph paper threaded therethrough, a pair of loop members slidably mounted on said member for engaging the side edges of the graph paper for securing the paper in position, and indicia on said member for alignment with the indicia on the graph paper, said member having a pair of recesses in one end thereof, a pair of disks rotatably mounted in said recesses with a portion of the periphery projecting therefrom, and numerical indicia on the disks for registering the number of rows of knitting completed.

3. A knitting guide comprising an elongated flat bar member having a pair of spaced parallel slots having closed ends, a sheet of graph paper threaded through said slots with the sheet overlying the center portion and underlying the outer portions of the bar member, a pair of loop members frictionally slidably mounted on said bar member for engaging the side edges of the sheet of graph paper for retaining the graph paper in adjusted position, and indicia on the bar member for alignment with the knitting graph paper.

4. A knitting guide comprising an elongated flat bar member having a pair of spaced parallel slots having closed ends, a sheet of graph paper threaded through said slots with the sheet overlying the center portion and underlying the outer portions of the bar member, a pair of loop members frictionally slidably mounted on said bar Patented Nov. 8, 1 955 ReferencesCit'ed in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Kaplan et a1.- Nov. 10, 1942 

